page_title: List of Billboard Christian Songs number ones of the 2000s
section_title: Number-one singles
hierarchical_section_title: List of Billboard Christian Songs number ones of the 2000s / Number-one singles
caption_attribution_description: Brandon Heath opens for Third Day on their Revelation Tour
context_page_description: The Christian Songs chart is a record chart compiled by Billboard magazine. Launched on June 21, 2003, the chart is ranked by overall audience impressions. While all Christian radio formats are covered by the Christian Songs chart, it is dominated by Christian adult contemporary radio stations, which cater to a mostly adult audience. As opposed to Christian stations that cater to young audiences, Christian AC stations tend to play hits often and for long periods. As a result, number-one singles on the Christian Songs chart often have lengthy stays at the top position.
  During the 2000s, 44 singles reached the number one position on the Christian Songs chart. MercyMe was the most successful group, with seven of their singles topping the chart during the 2000s. MercyMe's "Word of God Speak" was the longest-running number one single of the 2000s, having spent a total of 23 non-consecutive weeks atop the chart. Casting Crowns spent the longest time atop the chart during the decade, as their six number one singles spent a combined total of 62 weeks at the summit. Out of the 44 singles that hit the number-one position during the 2000s, 15 singles spent two separate runs atop the chart.
caption: Brandon Heath recorded two number-one hits during the 2000s; his second, "Give Me Your Eyes", spent 19 weeks atop the chart in 2008 and 2009, tied for the second-longest stay atop the chart in the decade.
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